FE Volume 133 Issue 12

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Compartmentation vs. Sprinklers— N.Y. High-Rise Fire Rekindles Debate

“There were no new lessons learned. The fire (in the Westvaco Building) behaved exactly as we predicted a fire in a curtain wall building would behave after our investigation of the One New York Plaza fire. In fact it’s a replay of One New York Plaza.”
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Arkansas Fire Academy: Fire/Arson Seminars, Forrest City, Jan. 12-16; Monticello, Jan. 26-30; Arkansas Fire Training Academy, Feb. 2-6. For further information contact the Arkansas Fire Academy, P.O. Box 3048, East Camden, Ark. 71701. California Fire Service Academy: Staff Technology, Jan. 4-9; Fire Command III, Jan. 11-16; Fire Investigation II, Feb. 1-6.
Fire Service CareerFirefighter Training
Manufacturers’ Literature

Manufacturers’ Literature

80 Dispatch System—A four-page brochure from Telautograph Corp. describes the company’s Telewriter dispatch system. Alarm dispatches written on a Telewriter transmitter are simultaneously duplicated at one or more selected stations. The unit minimizes voice transmission errors and provides hard copy documentation for every dispatch.
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The Book Shelf

The Book Shelf

FIRE ENGINES OF EUROPE, John Creighton, State Mutual Book & Periodical Service Ltd., 521 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017, 64 pages, $14.95. A pictorial index of European fire brigades, this book provides condensed descriptions of fire apparatus abroad. The countries discussed include Austria, Italy, Holland, West Germany, and Great Britain.
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Pre-Fire Plan Is Useful Only If It’s Workable

When you first venture into pre-fire planning, it is natural to fall into the error of planning in great detail to fight the tremendous fire that never occurs. Basically, pre-fire plans should be simple. This is true whether the plan is for the entire fire department all the way through multiple alarms and mutual aid or just for a single engine company in its first-due district.
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Coming Events

Coming Events

Jan. 8-10: Fire Ground Command seminar, Tulsa, Ok. For further information contact Harold B. Mace, Oklahoma State University, Fire Building, Stillwater, Ok. 74074. Jan. 19-21—U.S. Fire Administration, 6th annual conference, "Fire Safety Where you Live,” San Francisco, Calif. For further information contact Mary Underwood, U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, D.C. 20472.
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From the Publishers Desk

We guess you are aware by now that our editor, Jim Casey, is retiring effective January 1, 1981, after more than eighteen years of plugging away as writer and editor for Fire Engineering.
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Fire Equipment Digest

R & D Emergency & Safety Products, Inc. has introduced the Uni-Jus, a splint set that consists of two pivoting and sliding 19 x 4-inch acrylic supports that can be combined for lengths up to 36-inches. Two Velcro strips, mounted permanently on the underside anchor the specially designed straps that can be wound around the limb at any desired point.
Firefighting Equipment
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

My most sincere congratulations on the September 1980 issue of Fire Engineering. I have known for years that you could promote fire prevention. With your complete edition devoted to the subject you have rendered a tremendous service. Your most excellent editorial focused attention on the magnitude of the task facing us.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Soccer Star Cards Score Points for Fire Prevention

Ever think of the possibility that local sports heroes may be one of your best promoters of fire safety education? This year in Seattle that’s exactly what happened. The enthusiasm was running high in the city over the great success of our Seattle Sounders Soccer Club, a professional soccer team in the North American Soccer League.
Fire PreventionFire Safety

Manual Fulfills Local Training Needs

When I first joined a volunteer fire department I had hundreds and hundreds of questions. Unfortunately, whenever I started to ask questions, the basic attitude seemed to be, “Keep quiet kid. Keep your eyes and ears open and you will learn from experience.” Over the next 20 years I did learn from experience—probably more so from becoming chief and having to explain to others than from our training sessions and drills.
Firefighter DrillsFirefighter Training
Histories by Buffs Enhance Local Fire Service Image

Histories by Buffs Enhance Local Fire Service Image

We’ve called attention several times to the ways in which fire buffs help enhance the “image” of their local fire service by reminding citizens of the history of that service. Highlighting the role fire fighters have played in community development focuses favorable public attention on the fire department.
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Some Reflections On Retiring

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staff

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Discussions Center on Management At IAFC Conference in Miami Beach

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Chimney Fire Equipment Carried in Washtub

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Conference Seeks to Reduce Home Fires

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Homemade Siphon for Portable Tanks

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FIRE ENGINEERING®

Fire PreventionFire Safety

Houston F.D. Haz-Mat Team Finds Activity Rises as Reputation Spreads

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Explosion, Rapid Fire Spread Dooms Steel Storage Shed Filled with Boats

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Selection and Use of Foams to Meet Challenges of Flammable Liquid Fires

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Spot Barks Up Right Tree To Teach Tots Fire Safety

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